Leigh McGowran Journalist
  • Dublin
  • Silicon Republic

Leigh Mc Gowran is a journalist with Silicon Republic since November 2021. He has previously worked as an environmental and breaking news journalist, and a local radio presenter.

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641 Articles
over 1 year ago
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Cork-based Workvivo raises €20.8m to humanise the digital workplace

Workvivo has experienced significant growth and the funding has more than tripled the valuation of the workplace comm...

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over 1 year ago
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Russian hackers claim responsibility for ongoing Lithuania cyberattacks

The Russian Killnet group said the cyberattacks are a retaliation for Lithuania ceasing the transit of some goods to ...

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over 1 year ago
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Period tracker Stardust rolls back encryption claims amid scrutiny

Period tracking app Stardust surged in popularity after promising end-to-end encryption. But its privacy claims are n...

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over 1 year ago
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New €250m European tech fund launched by founders, for founders

A group of European tech founders have created Plural, with a €250m fund to back the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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over 1 year ago
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Wise CEO under investigation by UK authority over tax default

Kristo Käärmann, the CEO of fintech start-up Wise, is being investigated for failing to pay tax obligations worth rou...

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almost 2 years ago
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Cellnex is looking to connect 200 Irish mobile blackspots

Cellnex said a €10m subsidy would help bring connectivity to 200 rural locations that can't be addressed in a 'commer...

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almost 2 years ago
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Sinequa adds a neural search function to boost its enterprise platform

Sinequa said its neural search function can answer natural language questions, thanks to four deep learning models it...

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almost 2 years ago
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Scientists discover giant bacteria that is visible to the naked eye

The centimetre-long Thiomargarita magnifica is larger than any other bacteria discovered to date and is around the si...

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almost 2 years ago
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Sensible self-driving cars go to the extremes of the Arctic Circle

Two Toyota Proace vehicles using Sensible 4 self-driving software will be tested in dramatically changing weather con...

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almost 2 years ago
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Zendesk to be acquired by investor group in $10.2bn deal

Zendesk, which has its EMEA HQ in Dublin, will become a private company after the deal. It ends a tumultuous period f...

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almost 2 years ago
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Tech giants form Metaverse Standards Forum to promote collaboration

Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Unity, Sony and Adobe are part of the forum, which aims to promote metaverse standards and i...

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almost 2 years ago
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Russia’s Yandex gives public access to GPT-like large language model

Yandex said it wants to promote new research into large language models by sharing best practices with the AI develop...

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